Solar Maximum 2012 Page 2

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My model for solar flux allows you to get a rough and ready idea of wether there is going to be a lot or small amount of solar activity. It should also indicate the relative position of Sunspots when viewed from the Earth.
For the year 2012 I have drawn the construction angles. For 2010 and 2011 I see the trend just building up and have not drawn the lines yet. Such behaviour in my model follows real events quite well.
I will try and get around to put the data for 2012 in a table such as I have already posted on this site for magnetic flux and see what my model predicts exactly. If it gets somewhere near the mark it will rperesent a great improvement in our forecasting abilities.
The assumption built into my model is that although magnetism and gravity only varies over long periods of time (millenia) the flux varies dramatically as the induced flux in the Sun has to adjust to planetary alignments.
The next target for the improvement of my model will probably be to fix the longitude of the sunspots more accurately. My model allows for the fact that sunspots do not all occur along the Sun's equator but I would like to improve it's accuracy. Still this needs continual comparison to real events!

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